The Energy Transition to Energy Democracy
Book
This book shows the main conclusions of the REScoop 20-20-20 project. It explains the concept of community energy and describes interesting examples of ene
Toolbox
Community energy in Germany report
Report
This report provides an overview of the existing models, public-private funding and good practices for energy cooperatives in Germany.
Community Power brochure
Brochure
This brochure, created by Client Earth and the Community Power Coalition explains the concept of community energy and shows some inspiring examples.
Best practices report (part 1 and 2)
Report
In our two best practices reports, we identified 30 REScoops that can inspire starters. These initiatives are “best-in-class REScoops” based on 10 importan
Identifying the right climate strategy
Questionnaire
KlimaGEN provides survey results about climate strategies applied by different energy cooperatives.
Public relations toolkit (German)
Online tool
KlimaGEN provides free-to-use templates, FAQs and concepts and checklists for internal and external communication of a project, including templates and che
Business Model Canvas
Online tool
Develop the business model for your community energy project or cooperative by following the 9 building blocks of the business model canvas.
Milieu Barometer
Online tool
Software for individual companies in order to establish the footprint of the company. By grouping the individual footprints, the system provides a footprin
3D visualisation tool for wind energy
Online tool
The Win3D tool is specifically designed for on- and offshore wind projects. The main goal is to offer a tool that makes it possible to design and plan wind
Community Energy Audit (UK)
Online tool
The tool is a spreadsheet that enables a community to take available data from UK Government sources on population and energy use and will calculate this i
Map with the potential of hedgerows in Flanders
Online tool
VITO, a Flemish independent research organization, has created a map with the available amount of biomass per municipality. They also have made subdivision
Heating cost calculator
Online tool
The calculator by Heizomat allows the user to estimate the total costs of heating with a variety of sources.